Google DeepMind launches institute for public AGI debate

On 2026-09-17, Google DeepMind launched a new institute to conduct public discussions on artificial general intelligence (AGI) questions and surface differing viewpoints on the technology.

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Oh bloody hell! Not another institute funded by hundreds of millions of dollars. Google DeepMind just launched an institute to hash out the big AGI questions in public https:// techcrunch.com/2026/09/

mastodon:mstdn-socialother12d ago kagi ↗

Oh bloody hell! Not another institute funded by hundreds of millions of dollars. Google DeepMind just launched an institute to hash out the big AGI questions in public https:// techcrunch.com/2026/09/17/goog le-deepmind-launches-institute-to-widen-the-agi-debate/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Google DeepMind launches institute to widen the AGI debate | TechCrunch

stream:bsky-jetstreamother11d ago kagi ↗

Meanwhile Gates is fear mongering About the harms of AI...what gives!? techcrunch.com/2026/09/17/g... The new institute aims to surface differing views between Google, Google DeepMind, and the broader global research community around AGI. "They will not always agree, and they will likely change their ...